A House Natural Resources subcommittee is set to consider legislation to prevent electric power lines from causing wildfires. H.R. 6012, from Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.), would allow the Forest Service to allow the removal of trees around electrical lines on national forest land without a timber sale. Other bills on the agenda include the Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2023.

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating







